Sr. Manager, Supply Chain

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Req ID: 76170

**Description**:
**Senior Manager, Frontend & Backend Capacity Planning**:
**Position Summary**:
The Senior Manager of Capacity Planning will lead the end-to-end planning process across semiconductor frontend (wafer fabrication) and backend (assembly, test, and packaging) operations. This role is responsible for developing long-range and mid-term capacity strategies, balancing supply and demand, optimizing asset utilization, and enabling capital investment decisions to support corporate growth objectives.

This leader will partner cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, and external Foundry/OSAT partners to ensure seamless product ramps, risk mitigation, and strategic capacity alignment in a dynamic semiconductor market.

**Responsibilities**:
**Key Responsibilities**:
**Capacity Strategy & Planning**:

- Develop and maintain comprehensive capacity models for wafer fabs, assembly, and test operations.
- Align capacity roadmaps with technology nodes, product roadmaps, and customer demand forecasts.
- Evaluate long-term scenarios to support capital expenditure planning, outsourcing strategies, and make/buy decisions.

**Operational Execution**:

- Lead medium
- and long-term capacity allocation across sites, fabs, and OSAT partners.
- Identify bottlenecks, propose mitigation actions, and drive resolution with operations and engineering teams.
- Monitor utilization, throughput, and cycle time to ensure supply continuity and customer delivery.

**Cross-Functional Leadership**:

- Partner with Product Line, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Finance, and Engineering to balance demand and supply.
- Influence investment and sourcing decisions by providing robust capacity analyses and trade-off scenarios.

**Analytics & Systems**:

- Drive digitalization of capacity planning tools and scenario modeling.
- Leverage advanced analytics to improve forecast accuracy, identify risks, and optimize capacity buffers.
- Establish KPIs for utilization, forecast accuracy, cycle times, and capital efficiency.

**Required Experience and Skills**:
**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, or related field; Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in semiconductor operations, supply chain, or planning; minimum 5 years in capacity planning.
- Strong knowledge of both frontend (wafer fabrication, lithography, etch, deposition) and backend (assembly, packaging, test) processes.
- Proven track record in developing capacity strategies, scenario modeling, and capital investment planning.
- Expertise with planning tools (Kinaxis, Anaplan, SAP IBP, custom models, or equivalent).
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with executive presence.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence decisions in a global, matrixed environment.

**Desired Experience and Skills**:
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